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Sid Hartman, the legendary Star Tribune sports writer, loomed over me as I patiently waited for the private media elevator to arrive at the Minnesota Wild home opener. Hartman casually glanced at the press pass hanging from my neck and shrugged. He could've cared less. It was my very first time on assignment as a sports journalist, though, and I was grinning like the Cheshire Cat. I was so amped (and dorky) that I proudly displayed my shiny red press pass on the front of my shirt like a 4-H Club prize winning ribbon.